Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have resembled lovestruck teenagers during their eight-month whirlwind romance, complete with handed strolls and obvious PDA. The couple delivered on their promise at Coachella in Indio, California, during the weekend of April 13.
The Grammy winner and the NFL star, both 34, were seen smooching and embracing among the festival's crowded throng, and a source says Taylor still can't get enough of Travis' open love.
"Taylor's a free spirit and with Travis she can let her hair down. The fact that Travis stood in the crowd with her at Coachella and was so nice to the fans really impressed her,” an unnamed insider told Star Magazine.
Their prom queen/ high school football star dynamic is an 180 from Taylor's six-year romance with privacy-minded Joe Alwyn.
"Taylor had mixed feelings about Joe's aversion to PDA. Taylor can be herself with Travis, which is so refreshing,” the mole added.
Their bond is likely to be tested again when the Eras Tour returns on May 9 in Paris. While Travis has promised to fly in to cheer her on, the insider claims they've established certain ground rules to keep things moving.
"Lots of Face Time and no more than 10 days without seeing each other. Either he'll fly to her or they'll meet somewhere romantic. It'll be tough, but Taylor and Travis want to make it work,” the tipster said.
Meanwhile, as expected, Taylor Swift's “The Tortured Poets Department” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 4), giving the superstar her 14th number-one album. She is tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1 singles among solo artists in the chart's nearly 70-year history. Only The Beatles have had more No. 1 hits, with 19.
Billboard reported that “The Tortured Poets Department” debuted with 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending April 25, with traditional album sales (digital download albums, CDs, vinyl LPs, and cassettes) accounting for 1.914 million of the total. Vinyl sales account for a remarkable 859,000 of total sales. The album's deluxe edition had 31 songs that achieved 891.34 million on-demand official streams.
The first-week unit total of “The Tortured Poets Department” is 2.61 million, which includes LP sales of 1.914 million, boosted by the album's availability in over 20 distinct iterations, SEA units of 683,000, and TEA units of 14,000.
With 1.914 million copies sold, “The Tortured Poets Department” is the best-selling record of 2024 so far. Beyoncé's “Cowboy Carter” is the second-best-selling album, based on weekly sales from January to the present, selling 228,000 copies in total.
Taylor revealed the album at the Grammy Awards on February 4, and her official website began collecting pre-orders for it the same day. The album was released on April 19, along with the first song, "Fortnight," which features Post Malone.
“The Tortured Poets Department” was initially released at midnight ET on April 19 as a conventional 16-song digital download album, as well as a variety of 17-song physical configurations. Taylor announced an expanded 31-song edition of the album two hours after its debut, which was made available as a digital download and streaming album.
